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English Language for PNB LBO

PNB LBO sets 25 English Language questions for 25 marks in the Online Examination, so it is worth planning your preparation around the topics below.

25 questions25 marks5 topics

How to approach English Language in PNB LBO

Reading comprehension and the cloze test decide this section, and both reward reading widely more than memorising rules. Build a daily reading habit, learn to spot the grammatical error patterns that recur, and treat vocabulary as something absorbed in context rather than crammed from a list.

Weightage in the paper

How much English Language is worth in each PNB LBO stage, from the official pattern.

StageQuestionsMarksTimeShare
Online Examination252525 min17%

English Language syllabus for PNB LBO

Every topic in the official syllabus. The linked ones open a set of solved questions you can practise straight away.

  • Reading comprehension
  • Cloze test and para jumbles
  • Error spotting and sentence improvement
  • Fill in the blanks and word usage
  • Para completion and connectors

Sample English Language questions with solutions

Written to the PNB LBO pattern, with the answer key and the method behind it — a look at how the section is actually set before you drill the full topic sets.

Fill in the blanks · solved example

Choose the pair of words that fits both blanks most appropriately. The committee's report was so ______ that even its harshest critics found it difficult to ______ the conclusions.

  • vague / accept
  • thorough / refuteCorrect
  • brief / summarise
  • partial / support
  • delayed / postpone

Solution

'Even its harshest critics' signals a concession, so the report must have a quality that works against criticism. 'Thorough' supplies that, and 'refute' is what critics would want to do but cannot. Check the others: a vague report would be easy to reject, not hard to accept; 'brief / summarise' produces no contrast at all; a partial report would be easy for critics to attack; 'delayed / postpone' is unrelated to the conclusions.

Error spotting · solved example

Find the part that contains an error. If there is no error, choose option E. The number of applicants (A) / for the clerical post (B) / have increased (C) / sharply this year (D).

  • The number of applicants
  • for the clerical post
  • have increasedCorrect
  • sharply this year
  • No error

Solution

'The number of' takes a singular verb, so 'have increased' must be 'has increased'. Contrast this with 'a number of', which is plural. The plural noun 'applicants' next to the verb makes the error sound natural, which is exactly the trap.

Reading comprehension · solved example

Plastic has become both a marvel and a menace. Cheap, light and durable, it revolutionised packaging and medicine. Yet the same durability means that a bag used for minutes can persist in the environment for centuries. Much of it ends up in rivers and oceans, where it breaks into tiny fragments that enter the food chain. Bans on single-use plastic have helped in some cities, but critics argue that bans alone shift the burden onto consumers while producers escape responsibility. A lasting solution, many believe, will require redesigning products so that recycling is easy and profitable.

Why is plastic described as "both a marvel and a menace"?

  • It is banned everywhere
  • It cannot be produced cheaply
  • It is only used in medicine
  • It is useful yet environmentally harmfulCorrect
  • It is very expensive

Solution

It is useful (marvel) but harmful to the environment (menace).

Para jumble · solved example

Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) into a meaningful paragraph, then answer the question. (A) Before the container, loading a vessel was slow and back-breaking work, with cargo carried aboard piece by piece in sacks, barrels and crates. (B) The shipping container is rarely mentioned in histories of globalisation, yet few inventions did more to bring it about. (C) A plain metal box, standardised so that it could move from truck to train to ship without being opened, sounds far too dull to deserve the credit. (D) By collapsing the cost of moving goods to a fraction of what it had been, the box made it profitable to manufacture on one continent and sell on another. (E) That very dullness, however, was the source of its power. (F) A ship could therefore sit idle at the dockside for days while gangs of labourers handled its cargo by hand.

Which sentence should come FIRST in the paragraph?

  • A
  • BCorrect
  • C
  • E
  • F

Solution

Only (B) names the shipping container in full and states the thesis - that it did much to create globalisation. Every other sentence refers back to it as 'the box', 'that dullness' or 'the container', so they cannot open the paragraph. The order is B-C-E-A-F-D.

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English Language shows up in every PNB LBO mock test, in the same interface, with sectional locking and negative marking.

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Frequently asked questions

How many English Language questions are asked in PNB LBO?

PNB LBO 2026 cycle sets 25 English Language questions for 25 marks in the Online Examination.

Is there negative marking for English Language in PNB LBO?

Yes. PNB LBO deducts one fourth of a mark for each wrong answer, English Language included, so unsure guesses cost you. One fourth of a mark is deducted for each wrong answer. Unanswered questions carry no penalty.

Which English Language topics matter most for PNB LBO?

The PNB LBO syllabus lists Reading comprehension, Cloze test and para jumbles, Error spotting and sentence improvement, Fill in the blanks and word usage, Para completion and connectors. Weight your revision towards the ones you are weakest on and confirm the emphasis against the paper analysis for recent cycles.

How can I practise English Language for PNB LBO free?

Every English Language question on this site is free and written to the exam pattern. Use the topic drills for instant-feedback practice, the daily quiz to keep the section warm, and the PNB LBO mock tests to sit it under a real clock with negative marking.